The Cortez Brothers has added Jeannette Godoy to its roster of directors for U.S. Hispanic market representation. She continues to be handled by SuperLounge for U.S. mainstream market commercialmaking. Godoy earned inclusion earlier this year into SHOOT's New Directors Showcase…..BBDO San Francisco has hired Dan Hofstadter as associate creative director. He was most recently a copywriter at Goodby, Silverstein & Partners where he worked on such accounts as H-P, Yahoo!, Foster Farms, Sprint and Comcast…..Dallas-based editorial, audio and VFX boutique 3008 has named Lynn Louria as executive producer. Prior to joining 3008, Louria was social media manager for Splash Media in Dallas. She gained postproduction and broadcast experience working with Video Post & Transfer, The Richards Group and Post Op prior to leaving Dallas for Virginia, where she was director of development and communications for the Elizabeth River Project in Portsmouth. Louria returned to Dallas following stints as an account exec for a Norfolk advertising agency and as marketing director for a food company….Josh Libitsky has been promoted from head of production to executive producer at bicoastal production company Stardust….
Fernanda Torres’ Oscar Nomination Has Made Her Brazil’s Carnival Muse
Brazil's Carnival muse this year isn't one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools. It's Fernanda Torres, who's competing for the best actress Oscar on Sunday.
The Oscars fall smack in the middle of Carnival, Brazil's largest celebration, which runs through Tuesday. During the five-day revelry, the rest of the universe usually fades into the background as Brazilians cut loose and indulge.
Not this year, and the keen focus on the Oscars speaks to Brazil's pride for its culture and desire to be recognized on the global stage.
"Just imagine, her winning the Oscar on Carnival Sunday. It'll be a double celebration," Clarissa Salles, 33, told The Associated Press while buying a replica Oscar statuette in Sao Paulo for her costume.
Torres is nominated for her performance as the lead in the Walter Salles-directed "I'm Still Here," which is also nominated for best picture and best international feature. Excitement around the awards has prompted TV Globo, Brazil's largest network, to resume live coverage of the ceremony after a five-year hiatus. It will forgo the nationwide airing of high-ratings Carnival parades, instead broadcasting the Oscars everywhere except Rio.
Bars and nightclubs across Brazil are organizing Oscar watch parties and results will even be shown on a big screen to the tens of thousands of spectators gathered at Rio's Sambadrome for the parades.
"Today, all of Brazil only thinks about this," President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on his social media channels. "Everybody is cheering for 'I'm Still Here' and Fernanda Torres at the Oscars."
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